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H. S. WILLIAMS NEWSPAPER FILE AND BINDER. No. 274,430. Patented Mar. 20,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT HENRY S. WILLIAMS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF HALF TO EDWARD L. SHIPMAN AND JAMES D. SHIPMAN, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

NEWSPAPER FlL E AND BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,430, dated March 20, 1883, Application filed September 4, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY S. W1LLIAMs, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new 'and useful Improvement in a Fewspaper File and Binder; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a newspaper file and binder, and has for its object the construction of a. simple practical device which will not only file but also hind together one or a number of newspapers in such manner as that, in adding them to the file from day to day, the pages thereof shall come in their consecutive order, and be as effectively and conveniently secured as in a regularly-bound book.

It consists in the combination, with asuitable supporting-stick, of two metallic strips of a length about equal to that of the paper to be filed, one or both of which are secured to the stick, and between which the inner ed ges of the papers to be filed are inserted and confined by means of flexible tongues or fasten in g points projecting from one fixed strip through the papers and through apertures upon the opposite strip, upon which their projecting ends are folded over and fastened down by slides.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is an elevation in perspective of my improved file and binder with a number of papers secured therein, and with a portion of the connectingstrip which secures the binding-strips to the stick broken away 5 Fig. 2, a similar view illustrating a modification in the form of my invention Fig. 3, a transverse section in line :20 a: of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a transverse section in line yyof Fig. 2; and Fig. 5, alongitudinal section, on an enlarged scale, through the form of file shown in Figs. 2'and 4, with the papers removed and the detachable binding-strip partly raised up. 1 Ais a supporting-stick, made light and neat, of suitable length to hold conveniently the papers to be filed.

B B are metallic strips or binding-plates, of a length equal to that of the papers to be filed. One of these strips, B',is permanently attached to the supporting-stick, and the Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate difl erent methods of making the attachment.

In the modification shownin Figs. 2, 4, and 5 the under strip, 13, is secured by screws or otherwise to the inner face of a longitudinal rectangular recess, 0, (see Fig; 4,) cut in the supporting-stick for a distance equal to the length of the paper to be filed. (See Fig. 5.)

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 the strip B is secured to a flexible longitudinal connecting-strip, D, which is itself secured to the supporting-stick, preferably by means of a tongue, E, Fig. 3, inserted into a counterpart longitudinal groove cut in the face of the supporting-stick, with the strip D so interposed as to be thereby held and confined to the stick, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3.

' The outer strip, B, may also be secured to the second edge of the connecting-strip D, as shown in the drawings, and the strip, made of cloth in double thickness, may serve as a neat lining or covering (see Fig. 3) for the metallic strips held and secured thereby.

F F are flexible fiat metallic points or fasteners, adapted to confine the papers and clasp and bind the metallic strips together thereon. The flexible fasteners are fastened to the lower or inner strip, B, at suitable distances apart, by passing one end of the fasteners through two apertures in the strip, leaving its opposite outer end to project outwardly from the second aperture, as shown in Fig. 5; or the fastening may be accomplished by riveting or 8 5 soldering the end of the fastener to the strip, leaving its outer end to project therefrom, as illustrated. The opposite strip, B, is perforated with apertures which shall register with the fasteners projecting from the inner strip, 13, so that they may pass directly through the same when the two strips are brought together, and when the strips are thus brought together upon papers interposed between them they are fastened together by bending over the I flexible fasteners F F, and confining their bent ends by means of sleeves or runners GG, sliding upon the outer plate, 13, or upon the outer slide-strips, H H, Fig. 1, secured upon the outer face of the binding-strip B, and which, passing over the end of the bent fastener, hold it down, as shownLin Figs. 1 and 2. The enter ends of the fasteners F F are made sharp, so that they will readily pierce and penetrate the paper to be filed. In filing the papers the fasteners are straightened up in position, as shown in Fig. 5, and the outer strip, B, lifted and removed therefrom. The inner edge of each paper is then pierced by the fasteners and pressed down upon the inner strip, B. The ends of the fasteners are now slipped through the apertures in the outer strip, B,

(see Fig. 5,) and,.being bent down close upon its outer face, are fastened by slipping the slides G over their points, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

By the use of my invention the papers are not only filed, but are tightly bound between the strips B B, and firmly secured thereby to a single supporting stick or holder, which is light and convenient for use, and with this advantage over other files in useviz., that all the pages of a paper are brought together consecutively, one page following'the other in regular order, as in a book, whether one or many numbers are placed on file. I contemplate forming the stick in two divisions, hinged or pivoted together, so that the binding-strips secured to one division may, when closed together upon the papers, be covered by the second division, which then may be locked to the first, so as to prevent a removal of the papers without permission.

I do not claim as new the method herein described of securing and binding papers between the two strips B B by means of flexible fasteners secured to the one, and adapted to pass through and be bent down upon the other.

I'claim as my invention- 1. In a newspaper file and binder, the combinatiou, with a suitable supporting-stick and handle, A, ot'ametallic strip, B, secured thereto, and provided with long flexible piercingand fastening points F F, adapted to engage the papers to be filed, and toconfine thereon an outer separable binding-strip, B, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

' 2. The combination, with the supportingstick A, 'point-carryin g strip B, and separable binding-strip B, of a flexible strip, D, connectin g the point-carrying and binding strips, and

a tongue, E, adapted to confine the strip D to the stick A, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereofI have signed myname to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY S. WILLIAMS, 

